Senior Backend Engineer

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Remote Canada - ONtime type:
Full time posted on:
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R-102591
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* Job Description:

** Data Robot delivers AI that maximizes impact and minimizes business risk. Our platform and applications integrate into core business processes so teams can develop, deliver, and govern AI aRobot empowers practitioners to deliver predictive and generative AI, and enables leaders to secure their AI assets. Organizations worldwide rely on Data Robot for AI that makes sense for their business — today and in the future.

As a Senior Software Engineer focused on agent and application builder experience, you will design and build systems that shape how customers create, configure, orchestrate, and monitor AI-powered applications on the Data Robot platform. Your work will improve usability, reliability, and transparency of agent workflows and application lifecycle management, ensuring customers can move from idea to production quickly and safely.

You will work closely with Product, UX, Platform, and AI/ML teams to turn customer feedback into intuitive platform capabilities that make AI applications easier to manage, debug, scale, and trust in production.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Improve the end-to-end experience for building, deploying, and operating AI applications, from configuration and execution to monitoring and troubleshooting.
* Develop MCP-compatible tool frameworks that enable secure, observable, and reusable integrations between agents, data sources, UI components, and services.
* Build systems that provide clear visibility into agent and tool behavior, including status, logs, metrics, traces, and tool-call diagnostics.
* Collaborate with Product and UX to turn customer pain points into platform enhancements that reduce complexity.
* Balance flexibility and extensibility with simplicity, ensuring new capabilities improve the customer experience.
* Participate in architectural discussions around application framework, extensibility, and long-term evolution.
* Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices around API design, developer experience, and customer-facing reliability.
** Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
*** 5+ years of backend software engineering experience building customer-facing applications or developer tools.
* Strong experience designing APIs and service contracts that prioritize usability, clarity, and long-term maintainability.
* Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Java, Go, C++, or similar).
* Working knowledge of frontend integration concepts (component-based architectures, state management, API consumption).
* Solid understanding of observability for complex workflows (logs, metrics, tracing, error reporting, and debugging tooling).
* Ability to reason about customer needs, navigate ambiguity, and balance performance, usability, and reliability.
* Experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
** Nice to Have:
*** Experience improving developer experience or platform usability for internal or external customers..
* Familiarity with GenAI / LLM-based systems, including agent workflows, tool calling, or prompt-driven execution.
* Background in application lifecycle management, deployment pipelines, or runtime configuration systems.
* Exposure to enterprise environments, including regulated, hybrid, or on-prem deployments.

The talent and dedication of our employees are at the core of Data Robot’s journey to be an iconic company. We strive to attract and retain the best talent by providing competitive pay and benefits with our employees’ well-being at the core. Here’s what your benefits package may include depending on your location and local legal requirements:
Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Flexible Time Off Program, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more!
** Data Robot Operating Principles:
*** Wow Our Customers
* Set High Standards
* Be Better Than Yesterday
* Be Rigorous
* Assume Positive Intent
* Have the Tough Conversations
* Be Better Together
* Debate, Decide, Commit
* Deliver Results
* Over communicate Research…